"It's hard to tell, but certainly these new locations will bring out more people," Heiman said. "It's important to vote early because there are 16 constitutional amendments this time and can take a while."

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The new poll in the Katy area would be Cinco Ranch Branch Library. Bringing the total early voting sites to 15, the other new venues are Lost Creek Park's club house near First Colony Mall, Townewest Town Hall near the Mission Bend neighborhood, Pecan Grove Baptist Church in Richmond and Beasley City Hall.

"With so many early voting locations and so conveniently located in neighborhoods, we could attract 60 percent of the voters and alleviate the long lines on Election Day," Perez said.

Early voting runs from Oct. 22 to Nov. 2, covering the state constitutional amendments, a Fort Bend school district bond referendum, and elections called by the city of Houston, Houston Community College system and several water, municipal utility and levee improvement districts.

On Election Day, Nov. 6, there will be 105 polling places, Perez said.

Perez plans to increase early voting sites to 20 during next year's primary.

His bid to increase early voting venues follows his initial proposal to consolidate some voting precincts and do away with some polling locations. Perez later scratched that proposal, which didn't sit well with County Commissioner Andy Meyers and some local GOP leaders.